El Big Daddy ain't pushin' daisies after all?

[jaF0]

"Islamic State leader appears in video for first time in 5 years

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi acknowledged defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead."

(Choose your own source)

BB dun lied to us? Again?

 

[Rightguide]

Track'em find'em kill'em.

 

[beew]

It's well known that ISIS changed their tactics from having a physical base, to a global internet-based network of cells.

So why did he feel the need to announce it so dramatically?
It seemed a redundant gesture to me, my reaction was "Yawn Baghdadi, we already knew that."